Project Highlight

Reporting Covid-19 in Africa

Fake news, conspiracies and bad science mean that many are missing out on the care they need.

4 Feb 22

Thirty participants gathered in Almaty, Kazakhstan on November 12-16, for a six-day intense seminar aimed at widening the scope of tools and information of CABAR.Asia’s contributors. Academics, analysts, experts and editors, from across the region, as well Ukraine and Russia, discussed Information wars and world powers’ influence on Central Asia, data analysis and artificial intelligence, populism and hate speech. © CABAR

CABAR.Asia Brings Together New Generation of Experts

The six-day event gave practitioners further tools to provide reliable analysis and reporting.

13 Dec 21

A healthcare professional is vaccinated against Covid-19 on March 10, 2021 in Kampala, Uganda. © Luke Dray/Getty Images

Covid-19: the Africa Story

What links vampires, al-Shabab and onions?

9 Dec 21

Online discussion held to mark the International Day of the Disappeared on August 30.

Syria: Using Detention As Collective Punishment

Campaigners call for continued international activism to pressure Damascus.

22 Sep 21

A mural depicting coronavirus on the streets in Kibera slums on March 29, 2021 in Nairobi Kenya. © Donwilson Odhiambo/Getty Images

Debunking Africa’s Covid-19 Conspiracies

IWPR project uses open source intelligence and investigative techniques to probe some of the most prevalent fake news stories.

12 Aug 21

SEA project info sheet © IWPR

Fighting Fake News in Southeast Asia

IWPR supports partner NGOs in an innovative range of responses to the pandemic.

12 Aug 21

Longtime IWPR partner Libyan Organisation for Development hosts a training for 30 women social workers in Benghazi. © LoD

Libyan Officials Vow to Protect Women’s Rights

Move follows efforts to ensure the inclusion of mental health support in disaster planning.

11 Aug 21

IWPR's Caucasus programme director Beka Bajelidze at the launch event for Newsrooms Countering Disinformation film held in Tbilisi. © David Mdzinarishvili/IWPR

Helping Newsrooms Counter Disinformation

IWPR online course helps prevent local media from facilitating fake news.

9 Aug 21

Amal Alnani is the founder of I am a Libyan Woman and My Son is a Foreigner (ILSF), an organisation campaigning for the rights of women and young people disadvantaged by a loophole in Libya’s citizenship law. © Amal Alnani

Libya: Women’s NGO Head Inspired to Run for Office

IWPR colleague poised to take her activism forward into the world of politics.

6 Aug 21

Facebook is by far Cambodia’s leading social media, with more than 90 per cent of the population on the network. © Omar Havana/Getty Images

Cambodia: Making Social Media Work for Journalists

Training focuses on producing appealing content while upholding international standards of reporting.

19 Jul 21

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